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26 March 2010
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26 March 2010
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council: partnership working
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Surviving the crunch - Local finances in the recession and beyond
23 March 2010

The truth is out there - A discussion paper
5 March 2010

Under pressure - Tackling the financial challenge for councils of an ageing population
18 February 2010

Financial management in a glacial age - Presentation and handout
27 November 2009

Nothing but the truth? - A discussion paper
5 November 2009

Local government

The Audit Commission works with local authorities and their partners to improve services for local people. We are doing this through our audit, inspection and research activities.

We are also working with our partner inspectorates to deliver annual joint assessments of how well partnerships are working together to deliver local people's priorities. This is called Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA).

 
 
Surviving the crunch
Local finances in the recession and beyond
23 March 2010
Councils must think bigger and act quicker to reduce costs, or funding cuts will cause more damage to services and jobs than is necessary.
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Independent reports will help CAA improvement
17 March 2010
Two independent reports evaluating the impact and cost of Comprehensive Area Assessment in its first year have been published by a consortium led by Shared Intelligence (SI), and the Office for Public Management (OPM).
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Countdown to IFRS - Identifying and accounting for leases
17 March 2010
This brieifing paper sets out some the key issues and practical examples that authorities should consider as part of their work on the review of lease arrangements.
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By mutual agreement
Severance payments to council chief executives
16 March 2010
Severance deals can be in the interests of the council and the taxpayer. But our research shows that not all such deals are justified, that competent chief executives have sometimes lost their jobs needlessly.
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Code of audit practice
10 March 2010
The Codes of Audit Practice (the Codes) define the scope, nature and extent of local audit work.
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The truth is out there
A discussion paper
5 March 2010
This discussion paper looks at how the public sector can improve information made available to the public.
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Auditing the accounts: Quality and timeliness of local government financial reporting
25 February 2010
A new Auditing the accounts briefing on the quality and timeliness of financial reporting by local government bodies has been published.
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Oneplace national overview report
24 February 2010
This report looks at the findings from the first year of Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA). It is published by the six inspectorates responsible for assessing local public services in England.
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National Fraud Initiative (NFI)
18 February 2010
Since 1996 the Audit Commission has run the National Fraud Initiative (NFI), a sophisticated data matching exercise which matches electronic data within and between participating audited bodies to prevent and detect fraud.
Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA)
13 May 2009
CAA assesses and reports how well public money is spent and ensures that local public bodies are accountable for their quality and impact.
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Audit and inspection
This section gives you access to the detail of our audit, assessment and inspection work relating to local government bodies and their partners.
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